N.M. Code R. § 5.7.15.9 – Institutional Responsibilities

A. The eligible institution must agree to give preference to students enrolled in academic programs where their underrepresentation is most severe and must agree to give full consideration to students with physical, visual or hearing disabilities.
B. The eligible institution must agree to give preference to:
(1) students who have previously been awarded a graduate scholarship under this program, within the limits of eligibility established in Section 8 [now 5.7.15.8 NMAC], then
(2) students who have been newly recruited to the institution, thereby adding to its enrollment of graduate and professional students from underrepresented groups.
C. The institution must agree not to reduce its level of financial aid from other sources for award recipients.
D. The eligible institution must agree to appoint an individual with appropriate educational background, experience and institutional authority and responsibility, to administer this program.
E. The eligible institution must agree to establish appropriate scholarship selection procedures and maintain appropriate data and records. Each major department involved in the program must agree to provide appropriate orientation, practical experiences and assistance designed to prepare scholarship recipients for academic and/or professional careers.
F. In addition to the unpaid internship or assistantship required in Section 8 [now 5.7.15.8 NMAC], the institution must award to the recipient a paid internship or assistantship in her or his major department for ten hours per week during the academic year and summer sessions.
G. The institution must provide adequate financial support for recipients maintaining satisfactory progress and requiring more than two years to complete their master's degrees and for recipients requiring more than four years post-baccalaureate to complete their doctorates.
H. By September 1 of each year, the institution must submit to the commission an annual report summarizing for the prior academic year the number of scholarship recipients, by group and field; the expenditures and beginning and year-end balances for the program; and such other information as may be requested by the commission.
I. Periodically, at the request of the commission, representatives of eligible institutions will meet to discuss and coordinate the definition of academic fields of high regional and national priority and other matters pertaining to the program.
[7/15/98; Recompiled 10/31/01]